Wurpes said the man fired toward officers, striking a police cruiser. He then took off on foot and hid in a blackberry thicket in the heavily residential neighborhood. The gunfire did not strike any of the officers, Wurpes said.

The sheriff's tactical team was called to the scene, along with police from Oregon City, Oregon State Police, Milwaukie and Portland, which used a heat-detecting aircraft to locate the man. A K-9 also helped find Newell. He was taken into custody about 3:45 a.m., after SWAT team members fired flash-bang grenades that stunned him into submission.

Newell, who told arresting officers he is homeless, suffered minor injuries in the incident.

He is being held without bail in the Clackamas County Jail on suspicion of attempted aggravated murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm and attempting to elude a police offifcer. He also is being held on outstanding felony warrants for second-degree assault out of Yamhill County and on a parole violation.

Newell is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Clackamas County Circuit Court.